Rigid charging electrode for electrostatic filter



J. K. BRlxlus 2,726,731

RIGID CHARGING ELECTRODE: FOR ELECTROSTATIC FILTER Dec. 13, 1955 Filed Aug. 29, 1951 Z in ll//l so )da El gli mn .m me .R a n O C M United States PaterrtA RIGIDI CHRGINGI ELECTRODE" FOR ELECEROSTADIC FILTER Jacob K'Bi'iXii1s,Clvelnd;Ohi, assigner te Air-Maze CrporatiomjCleveland, Oliga corporation of Delaware ApplicatiomAugustt29gl951;iSrial'No. 244,'13'9 2.Claiins. (CI.` I8f31-7 This# invention relates tov improvements in charging eieetrodes-for='electrostatic filters, and'more particularly toiairigidseectrode adapted' to rough 5usage;l

One of the objects of the presentiinvention-isto' improve an electrostatic lter cell havingcollector plates charged with electricity' of opposite" sign'l and"l having' upstream therefrom one'on'morecharginggelectrodes,.the improvement consisting of one or more rigidicharging electrodes havinggsliarp projections concentratingthe chargingeffeet-.in-.rnuc-h the same manner as.a.fii1eiwire.electrode, but..tle.rigid}elctrode being adpted'toiwithstandrmuch rougher usage than a line wire electrode;

Another objectLofzthepresentrinverrtion is to support a rigid electrode of the character mentioned in the.p receding paragraph a novel'rnanner' a's tot function as; described O'tlr'er *objects* and" advantages' of" my invention* willA be apparent from the accompanying drawings and description and the essential features thereof will be set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a central sectional view taken along the line 1-1 of Fig. 2 showing a lter cell embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same taken along the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmental sectional view similar to the right-hand end of Fig. l and showing a modiiication; while Fig. 4 is a fragmental sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

While this invention might be incorporated in a number of electrostatic lter cells, I have chosen to show the same as embodied in a cell of the type described and claimed in the copending application of Christian W. Savitz, Serial No. 64,642, filed December l0, 1948, now Patent No. 2,639,781, granted May 26, 1953, for an Electrostatic Filter, to which reference may be had for details omitted here.

The electrostatic cell shown in Figs. l and 2 is like that shown and described in the above mentioned copending application of Savitz in that it provides a set of grounded collector plates comprising a pair of outside plates and a set of inside plates 11. These plates are held together by four bolts 12 which extend through cylindrical spacers 13. The side plates 10 have upstream portions 10a bent inwardly to provide grounded electrodes opposite the fine Wire charging electrodes as will presently appear. Another set of charged collector plates 14 are positioned alternately between and parallel to the grounded plates 10 and 11. The electrode 19a projects inwardly beyond the outermost collector plate 14. The plates 14 are shorter and narrower than the plates 11 as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The plates 14 are electrically connected and supported along their horizontal center line by means of bolts 15. Spacers 16 hold the plates 14 in proper position. Each bolt is supported by an insulated bracket 17 at the rear end and 18 at the front end. The bracket "ice 2,-. 17fissupportedlby:insulators19'whiclifarerigidly-secured toftherl plates'.` 10. by thelscrews 20.". The: Bracket;v I8? ist rigidly supported by -the:insulators-'- Z'I whichaiir turnlarerigidly secured to theisideaplates :10by-means-of screws 22.. The"- plates- 112 are cut away asf. indicated ati' 11215 so` as togivelapropenairgap betweenYV these grounded plates and 'thecha'rged bolts-'15 and spacers i162 ln the modicationlof'liigsLl and 2; theichargin'gieltatrode 'is provided by.Y extendingf'one'? of the pltesflfr-f wardly or upstream as shown at llzifuntilitlliesfbetween'.y the grounded electrodes 10a. A portio'nfofthefincoming air; stream` entering the:4 filter' cell strikes@ the-1 projecting electrode 10a: andI isf-dected againsttheiplateiextensin. lemwhich causes th'eaiircurrenttoHOW-'in`l adirection: generallyfparallel l toV ther-plates.: Ther braeltetfv passesthrough and is' rigidly securedfto fplateextension 1421s (as bythe` welding shown-in-Fig--Zf). Tliusfbraeketilg'isu portstplates 14? ati the upstream= ends THe-1 bentfportion 14h" ofl'tlie extension may A'be cutaway as 4Aatf14'tcffz'i'eiltatelflow of the gaseous streamltor-besflteredf- AtL its upstream end, plate extension I4= isl provided witli2 onev or Vmore :projecting rib's 14d on oppositesidesfoftlie'plate andV facing;l grounded electrodes5 1021'. Eacilribextetrd's the -full width4r ofi' plateA 1'45 and its -extension 14`1'- afndT thieribs have sharp `edgesfacing'tlefassoeiatedelectrode l'tzl so'- as 'f-to ;concentrate th'eeei'e'ctriial` discharge -fio'rnVi thea-rib across l the -ga'seons f stream... PreferablytWo parallel ribs 12h11' are :provided on e'ael side= of l extensionV 14zspaced as taught in the aboveementioned'Savitz" appliatineand fortbe purpose theredseribed.'l

Themeansf forfsupp ortingl the charging elctrodeinltii'e modication or" Figs. 3 and 4 will now be described. Here the bracket 18' directly supports bolt 15 and plates 14. A bracket 23 of electrically conducting material is rigidly mounted on the electrically conducting bracket 18 by means of a screw 24 with the axis of the bracket extending upstream substantially parallel to the general direction of air ow through the cell as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 3. On the upstream end of the bracket a bar 25 of electrically conducting material is rigidly mounted generally at right angles to the direction of stream flow and parallel to the upstream edges of plates 11 and 14. One or more projecting ribs 25a are provided on opposite sides of bar 25 facing grounded electrodes 19a. Each rib extends the full length of bar 25 and has a sharp edge facing the associated electrode 10a so as to concentrate the electrical discharge from the rib across the gaseous stream. Preferably two parallel ribs 25a are provided on each side of bar 25 spaced as taught in the above-mentioned Savitz application and for the purpose there described. The rest of the structure of Figs. 3 and 4 is like Figs. l and 2.

The manner of charging the cell in both modifications will now be described. As clearly described in the abovementioned copending application of Savitz, a suitable power pack provides high voltage substantially unidirectional current to the cell. One side of the rectified circuit is connected to bus bar 26 and the other side is grounded, as are plates 10 and 11. This supply as described in said Savitz application gives a half-wave rectification but the plates 10 and 11 and 14 give such a voltage-smoothing effect that a slightly pulsating generally unidirectional current results.

Rigidly supported from the cell frame by brackets 27, is an insulator 28. Passing axially of this insulator is a conductor 29 electrically connected at one end with the bus bar 26 and terminating inwardly in a conducting prong 29a. The cell is slidable horizontally in a frame comprised of the side members 30, top and bottom plates 31, and frame members 32 at the downstream end. A perforated plate' 33 connects side plates 10 at their upstream end and handle 34 is attached rigidly to plate 33 for manipulating of the cell. As the cell slides into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the electrically conducting bracket 17 has a recessv which receives tightly the prong 29a so that the'high voltage unidirectional current is transmitted from the bus bar 26 through conductor 29, bracket 17 and bolts 15 and spacers 16 to the plates 14. In the form of my invention in Figs. l and 2, the charge of plates 14V becomes the charge on the extension 14a and on the'ribs 14d thereof. In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, at the forward end of the plates 14 they are electrically connected to the member 18 which in turn conducts electricity to the member V23 and thus to the bar 25 and the ribs 25a thereof.

What I claim is: f

1. In an electrostatic iilter for a gas stream having laterally spaced parallel collector plates, said collector plates comprising a grounded set and a charged set alternately positioned across the filter parallel to the general direction of stream ow, one of said plates of said charged set having an extension upstream beyond the rest of said plates, said extension being a plate of substantially the same width as the collector plate Vfrom which it extends, said extension being generally parallel to said collector plates, the upstream portion of said extended plate having elongated projecting ribs on opposite side faces of said plate, said ribs having sharp edges directed laterally away from said plate whereby electrical discharge from said ribs will be Yacross said stream for charging particles car-V plates comprising a grounded set and a charged set alternately positioned across the filter parallel to the general direction of stream ow, one of said plates of said charged set having anextension upstream beyond the rest of said plates, said extension being asplate of substantially the same width as the collector plate from which it extends, said extension being generally parallel to said collector plates, the upstream portionY of said extended plate havingl elongated projecting ribs on opposite side faces of said plate, said ribs having sharp edges directed laterally away from said vplate whereby electrical discharge fromsaid ribs will be across said stream for charging particles car- Y ried thereby, a coacting electrode opposite each of said ribs, said electrodes projecting laterally inwardly beyond Y the laterally outermost collector plate, said extension.Y

plate being extended suiciently toward the upstream end of said filter to be engaged by a gaseous stream entering the lter and deected by said projecting electrode, and

means for supplying high voltage substantially unidirectional electric current of opposite sign respectively to said ribs and said electrodes.

References Cited'in the file of 'thispatent UNITED STATES PATENTS France Apr. 7, 1949 

